New aspects of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCPs) and their roles in tumorigenesis

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5285-5293

  Robbins, Delira ^a   Zhao, Yunfeng ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Mitochondrial uncoupling; UCP2; UCP2 regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P53; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR PROMOTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1 GENE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2 GENE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3 GENE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN GENE; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 80052160109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12085285     Document Type: Review

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